Oden due to arrive Wednesday, Woodard says

Offensive lineman Anthony Oden should be in Beaumont by Wednesday and on the practice field Thursday, coach Ray Woodard said Tuesday.

Oden, who signed last week to play for Lamar University, is a transfer from the University of Arkansas.

Woodard said he is not concerned about why Oden has taken as long as he has to get to Lamar.

“We talk every day,” Woodard said. “I’m hoping by tomorrow. I don’t know if he’ll be out here because he’s still got to take a physical and do some paper work. I’d like to think he’ll be in Beaumont by tomorrow.”

Asked about the holdup on Oden’s arrival, Woodard said “just getting down here, getting his final transcript, getting moved out of his place, all that good stuff. He’s en route.”

Oden left Arkansas after his second arrest for driving while intoxicated in the span of a year, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.